Mike Groll/APGov. Cuomo delivers his State of the State address and executive budget proposal in Albany, N.Y.
Andy Kropa /Andy Kropa /Invision/APSandra Lee publicized her ordeal to heighten breast cancer awareness and the importance of early screening.
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo Wednesday praised girlfriend Sandra Lee’s fight against breast cancer last year as he proposed an expansion of screening programs.
Cuomo, toward the end of his State of the State address, recalled getting the news last March that the celebrity chef had cancer and would need a double mastectomy.
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While going through it, he said, Lee publicized her ordeal to heighten breast cancer awareness and the importance of early screening.
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Toward that end, Cuomo’s new budget proposal seeks $ 90 million to implement “the most aggressive, best breast cancer screening in this country.” The plan, he said, is to provide mobile units, longer and weekend hours at clinics, and assurances that insurance companies will pay for the screening.
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